Gene Johnson has been painting and exhibiting since the mid-80s in New York City. He has participated in many group and solo exhibitions in New York, Mexico, Paris, Madrid, Havana and Sao Paulo.  His work can be found in private, corporate and museum collections in the US, Latin America and Europe.

"Johnson's painterly use of color, texture and form alludes to his respect for traditional and expressive painters alike.   

His intense and energetic application of paint embodies his paintings with a synthesis of emotion, intuition and sensuality.  Rich patinas suggest a density of time and history."

He alternately works in painting and collage.  His collages are generally small in scale, giving them a sense of intimacy and playfulness, while his paintings are of a larger scale, bold, and run the gamut from brilliant hues to the almost monochromatic ... grays, whites and blacks.

 SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025   Maison Barnes, Manhattan, N.Y.
2024   Maison Barnes Manhattan, N.Y.
2023   Galerie Talmart  Paris, France
2022   Caldwell Snyder Gallery  San Francisco, California
2020   Caldwell Snyder Gallery  San Francisco, California
2019   Galeria Lume  Sao Paulo, Brazil
2018   “Metamorphosis” Gene Johnson Collages  MARGS Museum, Porto Alegre, Brazil
2017   Galeria Monica Filgueiras  Sao Paulo, Brazil
2016   Harmon Modern  Naples, Florida
2015   Galeria Monica Filgueiras  Sao Paulo, Brazil
2015   Ramses Arte,  Madrid, Spain
2013   Galeria Monica Filgueiras  Sao Paulo, Brazil
2011   Generator Gallery  San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
2010   Harmon Meek Gallery  Naples, Florida
2010   Galeria Monica Filgueiras  Sao Paulo, Brazil
2007   Galeria Monica Filgueiras Sao Paulo, Brazil
2007   Zoho Gallery San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
2005   Galeria de la Cuesta  San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
2003   Regina Pinho Escritorio de Arte  Sao Paulo, Brazil
1996   Seneca Gallery  Mexico City, Mexico
1994   Coyocan Centro Cultural  Mexico City, Mexico
1989   Foster Harmon Gallery  Sarasota, Florida
1989   Coyote Gallery  Cambridge, Massachusetts
1988   Condeso/Lawler Gallery  New York City
1987   Condeso/Lawler Gallery  New York City
1985   Harmon-Meek Gallery  Naples, Florida
1983   Gallerie Contemporanea  Jacksonville, Florida
1983   Joan Hodgell Gallery  Sarasota, Florida
1982   Estee Gallery  Toronto, Canada
 
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023   Himeji Biennial Himeji, Japan (Guest Speaker)
2021   Caldwell Snyder Gallery  San Francisco, California
2020   Himeji Biennial Himeji, Japan
2019   Art of Collage  Retrovangarde Gallery  Warsaw, Poland
2018   Himeji Biennial  Himeji, Japan
2016   Brazilian Artists “16x20”   Museum Leusden  Amsterdam, Netherlands
2014   Four Artists, Four Geometries,  Bellas Artes  San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
2012   Alexander Salazar Gallery of Fine Art  San Diego, California
2009   Biennal ARS Latina  Havana, Cuba
2008   Association Florence/l’Espace Commines  Paris, France
2008   Galeria Monica Filgueiras Sao Paulo, Brazil
2006   Galeria 19  San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
2004   Don Roll Gallery  Sarasota, Florida
1998   Coyocan Centro Cultural  Mexico City, Mexico
1995   Pier Exhibition  Chicago, Illinois
1992   Condeso/Lawler Gallery  New York City
1989   Ringling College of Art, “Beyond Minimalism”  Sarasota, Florida
1988   Albright Knox Gallery  Buffalo, New York
1988   Coyote Contemporary Arts  Cambridge, Massachusetts
1987   Bridgewater Gallery  New York City
1986   Condeso/Lawler Gallery  New York City
1984   Joan Hodgell Gallery, Sarasota, Florida
1983   Mint Museum, Biennal Exhibition  Charlotte, North Carolina
1982   Jacksonville Art Museum,  “Florida Painting ’82”  Jacksonville, Florida
1982   Adley Gallery, “Art of Collage”  Sarasota, Florida
1982   Marietta College, 15th Annual Invitation Exhibition  Marietta, Ohio
1982   Columbia Museum of Art,  “On, Of and About Paper”  Columbia, SC 
1981   Jacksonville Art Museum, All Florida Artists Exhibition  Jacksonville, FL
1980   Tampa Museum, All Florida Artists Exhibition  Tampa, Florida
 
COLLECTIONS
Various private, public and corporate collections, including the Hirshorn Collection  Washington, DC,  High Museum of Art Collection Atlanta, Georgia, MARGS Museum, Porto Alegre, Brazil,  Barnett Bank Corporate Collection Jacksonville, Florida,  Ringling Museum of Art, Print Collection Sarasota, Florida, City of Naples, Florida (Mural installation), Tampa Electric Corporate Collection Tampa, Florida, Charles Hotel  Cambridge, Massachusetts, among others.